12:17 AM,
Jan. 17, 2013

Monroe City School Board President Verbon Muhammad was the guest at Wednesday's meeting of The News-Star Editorial Board.

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Monroe City School Board President Verbon Muhammad believes that losing Neville High School to the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for oversight of its charter would be "further damaging" to the school district.

Muhammad spoke Wednesday to The News-Star's Editorial Board about the Neville Charter School, the search for a new superintendent and the decorum of the school board.

The School Board failed to approve Neville's charter application in a December meeting that became racially charged when the board approved some charters and denied others. The board's ...